What I Learned on Facebook Today
Facebook is not all gossip between friends. I like to learn things too! Here’s a just a few things I found this morning. Kerri-Rod Rodemeyer Luhring Instead of telling someone who rides a motorcycle how dangerous it is; Look twice before switching lanes, making turns, or pulling out of a drive way. Stay on your…
Read MoreFacebook Fan Pages
Debworks offers a service for small businesses – we set up your Facebook Fan Page. You receive a welcome/landing page graphic design, basic information added to your page, upload of pictures to an album or two (you provide the pictures) and a request of our fans to take a look at your page and like…
Read MoreFacebook PhotoStrip Can Be Fun!
I love #blogchat! Every Sunday night at 8 p.m. Central on twitter a group of bloggers get together and talk about a particular subject. (I use www.tweetchat.com to follow the hashtag #blogchat) Last night we talked about Facebook versus Blog for businesses. I think it was a draw. Today I went into my twitter mention…
Read MoreTeach and you will Learn
It’s important to keep learning. That’s why I like teaching so much. Tonight I have a Creating Facebook Fan Pages class I’m teaching at Hampton NIACC. Facebook is pretty good at updating their information and my old PowerPoint presentation from 6 months ago needed updating. Off I went to Google to do a little research.…
Read MoreWhy do I want to make lists in Facebook?
Create lists. One for friends, one for fan pages, one for locals, one for social media people, one for news ….. you get the idea. Here’s how: Go to Friends (on the left side) and click. Edit friends. Create a list. Create more if you want. Then when you roll your mouse over the area…
Read MoreLet People Get to Know You
It’s holiday time where I live. People are planning menus, parties, events and outings. There’s the play – and small towns require everyone to come out for the play. Some act in it. Some promote it. Some attend it. Some read about it. All enjoy it. It’s at this time of year that there is…
Read MoreIt’s Only Water
There was a post on Facebook about free water. Shelene Codner 124 Pallets of bottled water available to non-profits, government entities, 501 c 3 organizations and municipalities – located in Ames. Will split out pallets – you do not have to take all 124 pallets. I volunteer at the Chamber of Commerce and thought “why…
Read MoreFacebook for Small Businesses
Facebook for Small Businesses These are notes for my class sponsored by NIACC. These notes should help you when you leave the class. Please feel free to refer back to them, and as always, ask a lot of questions! Why create a fan page? 1. Search engines can find them easier 2. You can send…
Read MoreNonstop Prattle
Nonstop prattle — that’s the description I got for color commentary. Wikipedia defines it as “The color commentator provides expert analysis and background information, such as statistics, strategy and injury reports on the teams and athletes, and occasionally light humor.” Last night Rick Janssen and I were the color commentators for the Franklin County Fair…
Read MoreWho’s your friend?
Facebook does some pretty cool things. One of those things includes showing you some folks you might like to be friends with. I use this feature often and like to meet new people. Most of them are friends of friends. So if you get a request from someone you don’t know, consider that Facebook may…
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